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The Director of Intelligence attempted to oversee the workings of intelligence officers in the IRA's local units across the island.

Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (1917–1922)

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Further information: Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
Image Name Assumed position Left position Source
Eamonn duggan.jpg
 Eamonn Duggan August 1917 January 1919 [1]
Michael Collins himself.jpg
 Michael Collins January 1919 1922 [2]

Director of Intelligence of the (anti-Treaty) Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

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Further information: Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
Image Name Assumed position Left position Source
Joseph Griffin[a] 26 March 1922 1 August 1922 [3]
Sean Hyde[b] October 1922 December 1922 [4]
Michael Carolan August 1922 July 1925 [5]
Frank Kerlin July 1925 March 1927 [6][7]
Seán MacBride circa 1947.jpg
 Seán MacBride circa 1927 cira 1929 [8]
Mick Price circa 1929 1933 [9][10]
Seán MacBride circa 1947.jpg
 Seán MacBride 1933 1936 [11]
Sean O'Brien 1937 ? [12]
Willie McGuinness 1939 ? [13]
Gerard O'Reilly 1942 ? [14]
Significant gap in information
Sean O'Bradaigh 1966 ? [15]
Seán Mac Stíofáin 1966 1969 [16]

a. ^ Griffin was Director of Intelligence of the IRA's Four Courts General Headquarters

b. ^ Hyde was Director of Intelligence of the IRA's Field Headquarters General Headquarters

Director of Intelligence of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1969–2005)

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Further information: Provisional Irish Republican Army
Image Name Assumed position Left position Source
Kieran Conway late 1974 1975 [17]
Seamus Twomey January 1982 ? [18]
Cropped image of Bobby Storey.jpg
 Bobby Storey late 1990s? 2005? [19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Military Pension Service file of Eamonn Duggan. File reference MSP34REF2431 (pp. 12)
  2. ^ T. Ryle Dwyer, The Squad: And the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins (Mercier Press, 2005), p. 13
  3. ^ Military Pension Service file of Joseph Griffin. File reference MSP34REF40 (pp. 9 and 24)
  4. ^ Military Pension Service file of Sean Hyde. File reference MSP34REF16364 (pp. 34-35)
  5. ^ Military Pension Service file of Michael Carolan. File reference MSP34REF20261 (p. 60); 2RB4251 (p. 5)
  6. ^ James Gillogly, Decoding the IRA (Mercier Press, 2008), p. 143
  7. ^ Uinseann MacEoin, The IRA in the Twilight Years: 1923–1948 (Argenta, 1997, p. 123
  8. ^ Kevin Rafter, Story of Clann Na Poblachta (Mercier Press, 1996), p. 21
  9. ^ "Dictionary of Irish Biography | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  10. ^ Brian Hanley, The IRA: 1926-36 (Four Courts Press, 2002), p. 196. ISBN 1-85182-721-8
  11. ^ Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, Seán MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904–1946 (Liverpool, 2011), p. 109
  12. ^ J. Bowyer Bell, The Secret Army: The IRA (Sphere Books, 1972 edition), p. 109
  13. ^ John O'Neill, Belfast Battalion: a history of the Belfast IRA, 1922-1969 (Litter Press, 2018), p. 110
  14. ^ John O'Neill, Belfast Battalion: a history of the Belfast IRA, 1922-1969 (Litter Press, 2018), p. 148
  15. ^ Matt Treacy, The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic (Manchester University Press, 2011), p. 110
  16. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography entry for Seán Mac Stíofáin, https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a5081&searchClicked=clicked&quickadvsearch=yes
  17. ^ Kieran Conway, Southside Provisional: From Freedom-Fighter to the Four Courts (Orpen Press, 2014)
  18. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography entry for Seamus Twomey, https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a8691&searchClicked=clicked&quickadvsearch=yes
  19. ^ "Bobby Storey: The IRA's planner and enforcer who stayed in the shadows". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  20. ^ Ed Moloney, A Secret History of the IRA (Penguin, 2007 edition), p. 536
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